Definition: 'Hypovitaminosis'
hypovitaminosis
Type: TermPronunciation: hī′pō-vī′tă-min-ō′sis
Definitions:
1. A nutritional deficiency state characterized by relative insufficiency of one or more vitamins in the diet; manifested first by depletion of tissue levels, then by functional changes, and finally by appearance of morphologic lesions.
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